rbr 1,256 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Dont know if this has been covered or not , but who exactly is paying for this tour , we are taking a playing squad of 25 plus management and backroom teams , there must be the bulk of 40 plus in the party , yet we are playing basically junior teams by Scottish standards , so given we are struggling financially , the question is who's footing the bill for this little extravaganza 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,744 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Do we think that the board is going to willingly run us into ground by signing players and going on US tours et al? No-one knows, but IMHO this is rather unlikely. So one way or another they will have budgeted for this, the tour is probably a sponsored one. We'll play low-key teams, but people there will get to see us, the US Bears will get to see us and our "Phoenix" story might even touch the odd possible US investor's / rich man's heart. IMHO, this is being done for more than just one prupose. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 No idea if it's sponsored or not, but it won't be a cheap trip for that number of people. You could be looking at around a couple of hundred grand all-in since the one-way flights out to LA alone will be 40 to 50 grand. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 According to posters on previous threads on Follow Follow, the hosts are paying for everything 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 According to posters on previous threads on Follow Follow, the hosts are paying for everything Makes sense. The Clubs will probably still make a few quid on ticket sales even after paying our expenses. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,744 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 According to posters on previous threads on Follow Follow, the hosts are paying for everything ... which was, AFAIK, an assumption. Do you reckon that these US farm teams have that great a purse or financial backing to do this? Will we attract 20 to 30k at reasonable prices for friendlies?* Do we pay the expenses if Fulham or e.g. a German team visit Ibrox for a friendly? Not knowing, just asking. *That said, who knows who beyond the host team is also involved in such games ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 We should be making millions out of a pre season tour. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 ... which was, AFAIK, an assumption. Do you reckon that these US farm teams have that great a purse or financial backing to do this? Will we attract 20 to 30k at reasonable prices for friendlies?* Do we pay the expenses if Fulham or e.g. a German team visit Ibrox for a friendly? Not knowing, just asking. *That said, who knows who beyond the host team is also involved in such games ... We pay them to play yes. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,744 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 We should be making millions out of a pre season tour. Care to explain how this wishful thinking translates into the real world? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Care to explain how this wishful thinking translates into the real world? We have done it before and Celtc do it regularly. It's not wishful thinking it's where we should be. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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